Consumers Watch Out
As Seen on CNN, New York Times, etc
There are no experts
Regurgitated Crap
All Content is Free
Testimonials Are a Joke
As Seen On... Yeah Right!
I'm sure you've seen this one. BLATANT FALSE ADVERTISING. You'll see a big heading "As seen on CNN, New York Times, etc". We all know that the scammy products of Clickbank have never been shown or seen on any of these places, but the owners of these products basically validate doing this blatant false advertising in one of the three reasons below.
Check out this thread on a forum where publisher's of products actually talk about it.
Click Here (Link is tinyurl, so I don't link directly)
Despite the overwhelming approval of blatant false advertising on that thread, what they think is in violation of Federal Trade Commission regulations.
There are no experts
There is some very basic rules when it comes to properly presuading someone to buy and the big is showing how much of an expert you are. People want to buy from those that seem like an authority in the industry. It's just the way we are wired as humans.
Are you going to find experts on Clickbank? Definitely. The fact is that the vast majority of these people are not. Publishers(product creators) just make product after product after product. They claim to be an expert in each one of them. They have different picture up, with a different name and it's about something completely different.
Don't believe me? Check out this publisher.
Let's look at all the experts:
It was just one person that is the creator of all these products and I am pretty sure they're not even old enough to purchase a beer legally. You're seeing the scumminess I have seen from the inside, but there is more.
Not only are they not experts and just keep making up names, but they're also not writing the ebooks (for the most part). What typically happens is that someone is outsourced to do it. The people hired are not "experts" they're just people that browse the net, come up with basic free information and put it in the book. Often times they'll just copy and paste. If you've purchased some, you'll notice that the writing is so bad that it looked like someone from India wrote it. Well, you know why.
Elance.com is a big recruiting ground. Just type in ebook to the search field and look at all the projects out there for future pieces of crap sold on Clickbank.
Regurgitated Crap
In any industry, when something gets popular other business comes along to enter the market with their own product. Video games is a prime example. You have a lot of variety and choice. If you buy the XBOX, it's going to be a totally different playing experience compared to a Nintentdo Wii. It doesn't work that way on Clickbank.
Anything that gets popular is copied. People don't enter the market with their own little unique product for a particular market, they just copy it - literally.
Check out this thread on rewriting ebooks.
I suppose "rewritting" is the legal way to avoid copyright infringement, while still screwing over buyers with the same generic information. To be honest, I have no idea if doing something like this would still be considered copyright infringement, but I'm sure announcing threads like this may show criminal intent.
All Ebook Content is Free
Before you get the idea that you should buy the information contained in an eBook, you should understand that all this information can be found on the internet for free. Everything can be found by doing a little search at Google.
Publishers of these shitty eBooks rationalize this by saying "they're not buying the information, they're buying the convenience of the information all in one eBook".
I doubt anyone is looking to drop $67, $97 or whatever amount of money for convenience sake. All this information can be found in under an hour, and for most people, that's enough for them.
Are you sick of paying the outrageous prices? These "eBooks" are made up of purely free content, they cost a fortune, they contain less information than a real book. Go to the bookstore and buy something that costs $10, is a 1000 pages and has far more information than the likes that would ever be seen on Clickbank.
Testimonials Are a Joke
Another aspect of marketing is social proof. As buyers, we have to know that ordinary people (like you and me) have bought it and got great value out of it. That's why you always see buyers talking about products in infomercials. Well, online is no different and we call them testimonials.
As reported on the Rich Bitch Forum, many publishers will actually pay for testimonials. Do you really expect to have a fair testomonial. I'll say anything for some cold hard cash.
The entire book is just some pyramid scheme.
Not a flattering testimonial, but you'll never find something like that on a page. That is expected because no publisher is going to put something like that up, but you have to understand that these testimonials are pretty much a joke.
Most likely they're completely made up. I've seen testimonials that are identical for completely different products. They're basically vague in nature, so they can be used for many different products. It's a huge joke.
If you're unware, as a consumer, it is a violation of Federal Trade Commission regulations to give fake testimonials. There happens to be people out there that will respect such a thing and find a good testimonial. What do they do? Well, they make a post on a forum asking for people give testimonials. Doesn't sound quite as good if the person doesn't buy it. Especially when it happens on forums full of webmasters that sell these products.
If you have your own story of how much Clickbank Sucks Ass, please send me an email...
The thing is, the site has been down for over
3 months now (domain expired). I also have a copy
of the eBook.
I'm thinking of getting it rewritten. Any publishers
here who have personally gotten an eBook rewritten
able to recommend any sites where I can post this project?
How much should I expect to pay to get an eBook rewritten?
Rich Jerk Is A SCAM! Don't Listen To These People!
They are getting PAID!,
the Rich Jerk is a scam. All the reviews praising
this jerk are because he pays people to sell his book,
and anyone trying to sell something wouldn't mock their product.
Here's the deal, when you buy the rich jerk ebook,
you find out how to sell the rich jerk ebook. All
you do is sign up at clickbank, and you can make 50%
of every sale. This is why there are thousands of
glorious reviews for this crap, because people get
sucked into trying to sell it. Don't fall for it.
This ebook is filled with affiliate links, and when
you use them, you are making the rich jerk more money.
There isn't anything in this ebook that you can't
find online for free. This was the biggest waste of
money I ever spent, so I returned it and got all my
money back. I suggest that if you have already bought
the book, to return it through the clickbank website.
You will get 100% of your money back no matter what.
If you really want to see what's in the ebook, then
just buy it and then when you aren't 100% satisfied
(I saw some spelling errors) you can request your
money back and still keep the book.
Just be aware the the rich jerk sells your information
and you will get phone calls and emails from all sorts
of crap. They even called my cell phone.
My advice is stay away from this awful product.
